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Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers

United States. Estimated employment 246,970, with pages for 12 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 51-2028
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$45,850 · 50th
$35,35010th
$38,38025th
$45,85050th
$51,67075th
$62,95090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
Santa Maria, CA$62,200500
San Francisco, CA$56,4004,570
San Jose, CA$55,2307,320
Stockton, CA$51,120240
Santa Rosa, CA$49,540480
San Luis Obispo, CA$49,450270
Springfield, IL$49,370120
Rockford, IL$48,440260
Champaign, IL$46,140130
Los Angeles, CA$45,67013,740
Chicago, IL$41,1609,750
Peoria, IL$39,840180
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
246,970 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 51-2028, Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers. Mapped to our taxonomy as electrical-electronic-and-electromechanical-assemblers-except-coil-winders-tapers-and-finishers.

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